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GCSEs without coursework

What GCSEs are there without coursework, or with a no-coursework option? Not including iGCSEs, I only know of:

all Modern Foreign Languages (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, Bengali, Persian, Arabic, Turkish)

Classics (Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew)

What else are there?

Reply 1

Juno

20

I think there's science, but then you have to do a practical exam.

Reply 2

quintsy

17

I think it depends on the exam board and which specification you're on. I take French and German with OCR and we don't have any coursework; yet I know of some people who take them with other exam boards and they have coursework.

I take short course RE with edexcel (religion and the media specification), and that doesn't have any coursework either.

Reply 3

calcium878

18

General Studies GCSE? At a guess.

Reply 4

Excalibur

15

History AQA, if you do a third paper instead of coursework. You can also do a writing paper instead of coursework for MFL. Short course RE has no coursework either (I don't know about full course though).

Reply 5

Biffy Clyro

12

My full course RE had no coursework.

Reply 6

*Princess*

Ye Edexcel full course RS has no coursework although u can do the coursework option if u wanted

Reply 7

kellywood_5

17

The only GCSE I didn't have coursework for was OCR short course RS.

Reply 8

Rooftopcowboy

12

you can do GCSE Business Studies without coursework IIRC, depends on what your school chooses to offer.

Reply 9

lil one

2

ocr long course RS had a non-cw option

Reply 10

Balky_Bear

2

I did Business and Communication Systems (not my choice), which didnt require coursework. I'm not sure which exam board it was with.

Reply 11

TheRandomer

18

Business Studies with AQA (I think)
Modern World History with AQA
RE Full/Short with Edexcel

Some ICT courses maybe..

Reply 12

RJA

2

I did coursework for my French GCSE...

The only one I did without coursework was General Studies, so Calcium was right :rolleyes:

Reply 13

marshmallow_mayhem

Short course R.E and for modern languages you can choose between three pieces of written coursework or a written exam. Oh, and Add. Maths.

Reply 14

WorkHouse

12

Edexcel RS, Maths and Short course french

Reply 15

michaelyus

OP

10

I'd like boards as well.

I think that all MFL GCSEs have a writing paper option, therefore they have a non-coursework option.

OK, so:
Religious studies (Edexcel) at both short and full courses
Business studies (AQA)
General Studies (all?)
Modern World History (AQA)

Reply 16

kellywood_5

17

michaelyus

Religious studies (Edexcel) at both short and full courses

OCR as well.

Reply 17

aced

Don't be so lazy! Coursework marks are easier to get than actual exam marks IMO. For example, I am no genius at chemistry, but got 30/30 in the coursework.

Reply 18

sax gal

i think quite a few exams have a 'non coursework option' exam paper you can take instead. I'm guessing economics has a non-coursework option at gcse since i did edexcel AS this year which was 100% exams. But I think teachers prefer to enter their students for the coursework option (perhaps with the exception of modern languages?? French was my only gcse without coursework) as it is easier to get higher marks as you have a long time to complete the coursework (although what you do with that time is up to you!). I personally prefer coursework to exams (with the exception of French!) as if you get a high mark you can walk into the exam knowing you've already got 25%+ of the final grade and it's pot luck over which questions you get in the exam, which you only have a short amount of time to answer.

Reply 19

Happy1

14

michaelyus

I'd like boards as well.

I think that all MFL GCSEs have a writing paper option, therefore they have a non-coursework option.

OK, so:
Religious studies (Edexcel) at both short and full courses
Business studies (AQA)
General Studies (all?)
Modern World History (AQA)

I did AQA history - it wasnt modern world history, but the schools' history project, and that had 2 lots of coursework - a project in local churches and controlled essays on ireland in which we could use our own notes.

GCSEs without coursework

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